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|  | The Sun by Don Madden, Edward Miller, Franklyn M. Branley
An introduction to the sun and the role of sunlight on planet Earth. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Don Madden, Edward Miller, Franklyn M. Branley
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Piggie's 12 Days of Christmas by Howard Fine
Description not available.On each of the twelve days of Christmas, unusual and fanciful gifts arrive to celebrate the season, in an illustrated version of the traditional holiday song in which the recipient of the gifts appears as a pig. AUTHOR: Howard Fine
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books for Children
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Child of Faerie by Jane Dyer, Jane Yolen
Once a year, the faeries leave their homes in the underworld and travel the earth to join in a faerie ring and dance beneath the moonlight. On one of these magical nights, a human child happens to meet a faerie boy and, although their worlds are completely different, they become friends forever. Illustrated with color paintings. AUTHOR: Jane Dyer, Jane Yolen
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer
Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr investigates the murders of prostitutes in Jazz Age New Orleans. AUTHOR: David Fulmer
PUBLISHER: Poisoned Pen Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Love's Labor's Lost by George Hibbard, William Shakespeare
When the King of Navarre commits himself and his gentlemen-in-waiting, Longaville, Dumaine, and Berowne, to three years of secluded study, barring all interactions with women, he forgot that a French envoy consisting of the Princess of France and her three ladies-in-waiting, Maria, Katharine, and Rosaline, were imminently expected. The King agrees to temporarily relax his restrictions in the name of politics, but when the flirting begins, it`s in the name of love that the King changes his policy altogether. As a scholarly atmosphere has been legislated by the King, much pedantic banter is exchanged. Indeed, among the themes the play explores is the conflict between true erudition and mere posturing. The overwrought language some of the characters use mocks sophistry and lampoons those who glean their knowledge from study instead of from life. Written around 1595, LOVE`S LABORS LOST has no known literary sources, but the political material in the play echoes events of the day, including the French Wars of Religion in which the real King of Navarre, who later became King Henri IV of France, participated. A masquerade featuring a group of gentlemen dressed as Russians (emulated in the drama by the gentlemen-in-waiting) occurred in 1594, no doubt inspiring Shakespeare`s depiction. Records indicate that the play was performed for Queen Elizabeth`s court in 1597, but it was likely performed even earlier. Documentation suggests it remained in favor well into the 17th century before becoming dormant for about 200 years. A play entitled LOVE`S LABOR`S WON is listed in an important catalogue of Shakespeare`s works compiled in 1598. This counterpart may be a lost play, or another play, such as THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, listed under an alternative title. AUTHOR: George Hibbard, William Shakespeare
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Bride by Julie Garwood, Linda Marrow
When a Scottish laird must choose an English bride to preserve harmony in his lands, he picks the feisty youngest daughter of the baron Jamison, and thus begins their struggle to ignore their passionate attraction. AUTHOR: Julie Garwood, Linda Marrow
PUBLISHER: Atria Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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